To lend a hand flip soccer avid gamers into dancers, the advert’s director Aaron Stoller introduced in a choreographer, Stephanie Klemons, an authentic solid member and affiliate choreographer of the Broadway musical “Hamilton.” (She is now supervising the display’s dancers on phases past New York.)

As a choreographer, Klemons has given dance steps to a wide variety of movers, together with puppets, on a coming episode of “Sesame Street,” and Victoria’s Secret fashions. With the Giants, she used to be ready to get the activity carried out briefly: She had at some point to paintings with the whole workforce, and an additional practice session with Manning. In that restricted time, she stated, the avid gamers exhibited dancerlike pace in soaking up the motion and repeating it as urged.

Why the Giants? They had been decided on from a listing of imaginable groups in part as a result of Manning and Beckham’s personalities, Stamp stated. Manning’s comedian timing had confirmed efficient in previous Grey commercials, and a up to date locker-room video confirmed him dancing, with modest aptitude. “Who doesn’t love someone earnest trying to get down?” stated Stamp. And Beckham’s cool, fashionable edge made an ideal pairing with Manning.

Below are edited excerpts from a dialog with Klemons at the morning after the Super Bowl.

You paintings with skilled dancers at all times. How do skilled athletes examine?

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The elevate: Eli Manning offers Odell Beckham Jr. a Jennifer Grey-style spice up within the N.F.La.

They are so coachable and have such a lot bodily acuity. Their skill to head at the box and memorize performs is completely comparable to the best way a Broadway performer’s mind works. I assumed, ‘Wow, you have an exceptional set of physical and mental skills.’

Did it's important to wreck the dance into successive photographs, or did the avid gamers memorize the stairs so it's worthwhile to shoot instantly thru?

They needed to memorize the choreography, and in the beginning they idea they would wish separate photographs. But when we were given to dancing, they'd it.

What used to be Eli love to paintings with?

I really like operating with individuals who don’t determine as dancers. Maybe his outward actions aren’t as clean as Patrick Swayze’s, however they approach he used to be ready to execute the strikes, at the beat? That’s now not simple!

He used to be up for no matter. When it got here to getting the elevate, it used to be vital that we were given that shot, and so we began with that. You see why those guys are so nice beneath drive. When the digital camera used to be on, it used to be like three, 2, 1, and it used to be very best.

And they danced neatly in combination?

They are fantastic companions. I noticed the connection between this quarterback and a large receiver proper in entrance of me. It used to be so provide of their interplay. They had been higher in combination.

How carefully do Eli’s strikes replicate Patrick Swayze’s steps?

It’s in response to the unique choreography. It simply appears so other as a result of the best way he and Patrick do it. Everything from the ground paintings is in response to the strikes that Patrick Swayze did, and Eli added his personal contact.

Did any individual object to anything else?

There used to be some day-of negotiation. There had been a pair moments that Odell felt had been questionable. He lately had reconstructive ankle surgical treatment, and it used to be about understanding how one can execute those vintage actions.

About that elevate, how did you educate the mechanics of it?

I've to stay that to myself [laughing].

And Odell used to be O.Ok. with being within the Jennifer Grey function?

Grey and the N.F.L. had the entire thing deliberate. They determined that for them. This used to be their brainchild.